sdr and I have a love hate relationship to say the least. He compliments me (most of the time in a backhanded way) but we have learned to coexist pretty well. sdr and I could battle each other forever with regards to each of our feelings about commissions, marketing verses pricing, and other like issues. Time to time we return to it but we end up taking over threads and it doesn’t really serve any more useful purpose other then each of us airing out our opinions.
I think the entire blog in general is populated by people who are more educated and are looking for mid to higher end housing. So alot of statements are made (by everyone, not just sdr) that appear to be blanket statements but made with the intent of the audience being upper to mid level buyers/sellers. I doubt sdr considers me a peer, he would probably sit me at the childrens table at his Thanksgiving dinner but I think he has seen that I have more to offer then he initially assumed.
I kind of chuckled when you said I would not touch you with a 10 foot pole… That could be true. My feelings and thoughts about real estate (specially commissions and servicing) are very much in line with yours. However, I think my outlook on the market in general are more in line with sdr. While it has been pointed out that I serve the entire county and this has been pointed out as a possible weakness on my part, I think it does give me a perspective that others may not have for certain submarkets. True I am only an expert in submarkets that I own or have owned property in, or that I have done alot of business in, but I can at least have thoughts about most all of them as I have experienced them personally… I guess I am blabbing now….Basically I am just an engineer doing real estate and I think I do it pretty well…but I am not as expert or glossy as the big guys and the majority of my clients are not in the 7 figure club. Some have been though but not the majority.
